LONG BEACH — A kidnapping that ended with the murder of a 3-week-old baby girl took a more sordid turn when police announced they tied it to a California woman accused of plotting to steal infants and pass them off as her own.
In arresting Giseleangelique Rene D’Milian, 47, and three others Wednesday, police said they cracked

LONG BEACH – Multiple suspects were arrested in connection with the kidnapping and death of a 3-week-old Long Beach girl whose body was found in a San Diego County trash bin, police said Wednesday.
Eliza Delacruz was abducted Jan. 3 after several members of her family were shot in the Long Beach

Four people were arrested early Monday morning after refusing to pay a restaurant bill and running over a waitress, police said.
At about 2 a.m. deputies arrested Rowshaid Pellum, 24, of Cerritos, Markeisha Williams, 18, Shyteice Miles, 19, and Santeea Ra

Long Beach police have released sketches of two people wanted in connection with the death of 3-week-old Eliza Delacruz and the shooting of three adults on Jan 3.
At 5:50 p.m. Jan. 3, officers responded to a shooting inside a residence in the 100 block of West 51st Street. Three adults sustained gunshot wounds, and the infant was kidnapp

LONG BEACH - Long Beach police said today that a man has been exposing himself to girls walking to school and has tried to grab several of them.
Detectives, who released a composite sketch of the suspect and a photo of the car he drives, said there have been six reported flashings since Feb. 11 within an ar

Where can you find the best latte artist in the entire country? In our own backyard.
Angie Hyejin Chun, who works at Coffee Code in Buena Park, won the latte art portion of the US Coffee Championships last weekend in Long Beach. She competed with baristas from across the country and even with her own brother, William sang won Chun, who s

A Huntington Beach woman was sentenced Monday to more than five years in federal prison for embezzling nearly $3.5 million from her former employer, a warehouse and trucking-services company, according to prosecutors.
Patricia A. Francisco, 62, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney to 63 months in prison f

A pimp who pleaded guilty to running an Orange County sex trafficking ring in which he forced young women to work as prostitutes was sentenced Friday in federal court to 20 years in prison.
Roshaun Nakia Porter, 39, of Long Beach also was ordered to pay $866,244 in restitution to 10 victims. He was sentenced in U.S. District Court in San

A former volunteer coach in Long Beach says he’s now rebuilding his life after being acquitted of child molestation charges last month.
Christopher Gray, 36, a former volunteer basketball and football coach at Hughes Middle School in Bixby Knolls, was arrested in October 2013 after two relatives accused him of sexual abuse. He

LAGUNA BEACH – After a lengthy search, a deputy chief of police in Long Beach has been named Laguna Beach’s next police chief, city officials announced.
Laura Farinella has 25 years of public safety experience and held several high-level command staff positions. She currently serves as the deputy chief of the support bureau i

At first he succeeded, and then he failed, so he tried and tried again, but hasn't been very successful, according to police.
FBI officials say Gregory Lynn Cross, 58, is no stranger to Southern California bank robberies and has now been suspected of attempting to rob two additional banks on Jan. 5 in Artesia and Cerritos, although he se

Take the truck, they said, but a mom and her 19-year-old clinically-ill daughter are asking for their beloved pet back.
Jody Thompson had left Sandy, a tan Chihuahua, inside her 1985 Nissan Maxima on Tuesday evening at Target in Long Beach, 6750 Cherry Ave., to get her daughter Emily's medication filled. When she return

SANTA ANA – A Long Beach attorney on Thursday admitted to helping launder cash profits for an Orange County drug kingpin who owned numerous illegal marijuana stores across Southern California.
Richard Brizendine, 59, appeared in the court of U.S. District Judge James V. Selna to plead guilty to federal counts of money launderi

From the turrets that cling to Queen Anne homes in Drake Park to the pillars lining the porches in Craftsman Village, much of Long Beach still reflects its early fabric.Many people are working to preserve that history, but navigating preservation guidelines can be confusing for homeowners. City officials are working on several initia